U.S. President Donald Trump and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani had agreed to a French-proposed four-point plan that would have seen talks between the two leaders on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly in September, but the meeting did not happen because Rouhani insisted Trump lift sanctions first, Politico reported Oct. 2. The plan's points provided that Iran would agree to never acquire a nuclear weapon; for new negotiations on a long-term deal/framework on its nuclear program; that Iran would refrain from regional aggression and seek regional peace through negotiations; and that the United States would lift all sanctions imposed since 2017. Rouhani later said that the deal "could be acceptable."